# Top 50 Finance Startup Investors in Turkey in June 2026

## Tamer Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Finance

Tamer Capital is a venture development platform established within the Tamer Group. It aims to bring the digital-based business ideas of entrepreneurs in our country to the global. While Tamer Capital takes the responsibility of finance, business development, branding and marketing required for a start-up to reach its global dreams; It provides theentrepreneur with the opportunity to focus only on the operational part of his business.Tamer Capital aims to take the Smart Money model, which is frequently encountered in the Start-up ecosystem, to the next level and at the same time become a part of the initiative. It sets out to implement the business ideas of young, talented and innovative entrepreneurs by planning from A to Z and bring them to the level of worldwide projects.

## APY Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.

## Finberg
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology

Finberg is a corporate venture capital firm and a Fibabanka subsidiary. On March 1, 2018, the company was established.

## StartersHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

An early-stage VC that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEE's founders who work to disrupt the system for good.

## Maxis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank

## RePie Asset Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

RE-PIE is Turkey's first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in classinvestment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.

## Revo Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

Operational venture capital firm that invests across Turkey, Eastern Europe & Baltics in seed to Series B rounds.

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## DAAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Al Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

The aim of Daal is to create excellent opportunities for investment by providing mentorship and business development insights to companies within the IT space.

## Firat Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

## Metin Tarakçı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Metin Tarakçı

## Akif Cahit Erdoğan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Akif Cahit Erdoğan

## Insha Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Insurance

Insha Ventures is a financial technology knowledge and marketing. They are issues of development and innovation are important, and on the other hand, traditional approaches are not abandoned.

## KT Portföy
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Construction

KT Portföy is an asset management company that offers innovative and halal investment opportunities with participation finance principles.

## Yakup Doğan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Yakup Doğan

## Mustafa Sandal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux

## Lima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech

Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.

## Sabancı Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Sabancı Ventures is an investment arm that invests in technology and innovation-based companies in different sectors.

## Huobi Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

HTX serves its 10 million+ users worldwide with secure and stable trading services. Here at HTX, you can buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, SHIB, and over 500 quality cryptocurrencies anywhere, anytime.

## Ahmet Bilgen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy

Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. 
He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life,  he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect.
Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba)  has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions.  
in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba.
Foriba did:
 - Series A With Revo Capital
 - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst
 - Exit

## IFC Venture Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Energy, Internet

IFC supports technology ventures that are creating new opportunities in emerging markets, transforming industries, and driving inclusive growth while realizing strong returns.

## Gains Associates
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

GAINS Associates accelerates early-stage startups by refining ideas, building strong foundations, and delivering powerful Whitelabel and SaaS solutions

## L2G Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

L2G Ventures provides the opportunity to invest and support the startups with calculated risk and high returns.

## Portföy Digital Venture Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Banking, Finance, Financial Services

Portföy Digital Venture Capital Fund aims to invest in technology-focused companies, The fund seeks to invest in venture companies that develop, use, or operate in technology-related sectors, focusing on digital technology solutions.

## Turkey Development Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS

Turkey Development Fund aims to develop the enterprise ecosystem by investing in new generation startups.

## Alameda Research
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

## Alper Çetinkaya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Banking, Finance, Financial Services

Alper Çetinkaya

## Ayberk Kuday
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux

## Ihsan Elgin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain

Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University.

## Sevda Taner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Analytics, Cryptocurrency

Sevda Taner

## Barış Conger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Barış Conger - Advisor @ manibux

## StartersHub XO
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Finance

XO is a 6 month long global program with KPI based objectives that guarantees investment upon program completion.

## Neo Portfolio
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sales, FinTech, Finance

Neo Portfolio engages in the management of money market, real estate, venture capital, and private equity funds.

## Orhan Ayanlar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, Gaming

Orhan is a Partner of Mediterra and serves on the investment committee. Prior to joining the team in 2011, Orhan was with Bedminster Capital Management, a US$320 million private equity fund focusing on Southeast Europe and Turkey. Prior to joining Bedminster, Orhan worked at private equity and investment banking houses including Is Private Equity,the corporate finance division of Unlu&Co and the debt capital markets division of Bear Stearns, NY.Orhan has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst® Program, has BA in Economics and BSc in Finance from Boston University and is a Robert College graduate.Orhan serves on the Board of Directors of Logo Yazilim, Soke Un, Mobiliz and Glasshouse. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Mikro Odeme.

## Sema Sarsar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance

Sema Sarsar

## Arman Eker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Robotics

Arman Eker - CEO @ Trendbox

## Nilüfer Günhan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance

Nilüfer Günhan

## ScaleX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

ScaleX invests in exceptional founders from unexpected places, supporting their journey to global success.

## Burak Günsev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux

## Nazan Zeybek
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance

Nazan Zeybek

## Diffusion Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities.

## TechOne VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.

## Ava Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, FinTech

AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.

## OYAK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kurtulus, Sirnak, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

OYAK is a Turkish pension fund with over 350,000 members and approximately $20 Billion USD in assets as of 2022. The OYAK Holding Investment Subsidiary Group is one of the largest industrial and investment groups in Turkey. The group was the former owner of ING Oyak Bank (sold to ING Bank in 2007) and the Oypa supermarket chain. The group co-ownsOyak-Renault, a car manufacturer, and steel producer Erdemir. They boast a wide range of successful investments across Europe, the Middle East and globally.

## Eczacıbasi Momentum
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical Device, Information Technology, Baby

Eczacıbaşı Momentum invested in three venture companies and a venture capital fund; Their goal is to invest US$30 million over the next five years as they continue to partner with funds
and startups that shape the new normal of modern life, focusing on well-being, consumption, and home-living.

## Koray Gultekin Bahar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy

Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.

## Gate Inside Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Sports, Charity

Founded by successful entrepreneurs to help new comers. Gate Inside developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year they invest a small amount of money. The startups move to their incubation center for 3 months. Founders get required help from mentors and other entrepreneurs like themselves in a unique working environment.

## Aslanoba Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.

## International Finance Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

## Colendi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Gaming, FinTech

Credibility and microcredit platform

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